(G) brake fade after bleeding

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Hope one of you Panda experts can point me in the right direction here before I set fire to Juppy

Just fitted new master cylinder (servo type), rear wheel cylinders and new pipes at the rear. Bled the brakes until all the air is out. Good pint and a half bled through to make sure.

The pedal is hard-ish when the car is switched off but once I start the car the pedal more or less goes to the floor and the brakes are pretty poor when stopping.
Also, and I don't know if it's related, when the car is idling and I put my foot on the brake, the engine stutters and amost dies.

Checked and double checked Alan, no leaks. Did the usual way, start at the furthest away point from the bottle.
My thinking is the servos going now, but trying hard not to believe that it would go after failing an Mot on one silly wheel cylinder.
I'll bleed them through tomorrow again in the hope there's more air to be found.

I'd be surprised if your stalling wasn't somehow connected to a leak in the servo/inlet manifold arrangement, working on the assumption that these events are nearly always connected with previous work, I suppose there's a faint chance you could have an electrical fault caused by disturbing the brake fluid warning connections. Persevere though, brake bleeding can be a complete pain in the arse, I've given up before now only to find that air bubbles have settled out overnight and the damn things have worked the next day!
Good luck
Mike